Approaches to Mental Health Care for Forcibly Displaced Youth and Families

Training Description:

This 3-hour training consists of three modules:

1. Module 1 will review the three phases of the migration journey, and the impact that the migration journey has on youth and families. It will also cover the four core stressors that are commonly experienced by refugee and immigrant youth and families when they arrive in the United States, as well as an assessment tool that can be used to determine appropriate interventions.
2. Module 2 will review best practices for both providers and interpreters regarding how to best work together to make sure that youth and families have appropriate language access to treatment.
3. Module 3 will focus on the mental health needs of refugee and immigrant youth and families and how to provide culturally responsive assessment and services. Providers will learn how to adopt a trauma-informed, strengths-based, culturally responsive stance when working with refugee and immigrant youth and families.